Hair-pin



( -M de E. YOUNG.

HAIR PIN.

No. 546,109, Patnted Sept. 10, 1895.

WITNESSES:

Unites @IATES PATENT -QFFIQE,

ESTELLE YOUNG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAIR=PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,109, datedSeptember 10, 1895.

Pplication filed September 19, 1892, Renewed December 4, 1894- SerialNo. 3 1 N 111011810 To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ESTELLE YOUNG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew-York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Pins, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention consists of a hair-pin having two prongs, or more ifdesired, one of which is detachable and may be used for another purpose,as a penholder, while the other, or others, continue to serve theirspecial purpose, thus adapting the hair-pin for a double purpose, ashereinafter described, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in

which- Figure l is a perspective View of a combined hair-pin andwriting-pen in one form of construction suitable for my purpose. Fig. 2is a detail of the same, partlyin longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of a like device having an elaborate ornamental headcommon in hair-pins, and Fig. 4 is an elevation of the device of Fig. 3in reverse view.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I represent a pin, such as usually made in hard rubber,horn, and the like, with the head a, and one prong b, and a socket c,forming part of the other prong in integral construction, the rest ofthe latter prong consisting of a penholder cl, and being detachablyconnected with the socket by the end portion holding the pen e insertedin the socket with sufficient tightness to make suitable connection ofthe penholder for service of the holder as a prong of the hair-pin, saidpenholderbeing made in the same curved form as the other prong and theconnection in the socket being such that the two prongs bear the sameparallel relations as the prongs of ordinary hair-pins.

For hair-pins having elaborate ornamental heads, as f,to which theprongs are usually attached, as b, I provide a separate socket, as c,

and attach it to the head in any approved way, as by rings 9.

For fountain-pens, the holders of which should be carried with the endcontaining the pen uppermost to prevent escape of the ink, this deviceis especially favorable, because the pin is usually, and may always be,worn so as to so hold the pen.

An essential advantage of this form of carrier for a pen is that whenthe pen is detached for use the rest of the carrier-the other prong-maybe replaced in the hair, where it will always be found when the penis tobe replaced after use.

The invention is alike applicable to pins having any number of prongs. Irepresent one of two prongs, as that is the most common. It is alsoalike applicable for any other useful article having the form of apenholder that it may be desirable for ladies to carry about the person.

WVhile I have represented the head having the socket and the otherportion insertible therein as the means of making the detachableconnection, which is the best because of the protection the socketaffords to the pen, I propose to avail myself of any other approved formof detachable connection.

I claim A hair-pin. consisting of a head portion, a prong fixedlyconnected to said head portion, and aprong composed of a short socketfixedly connected to the head, and a portion detachably secured in thesocket substantially as described.

Signed at the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, this 6th day of September, A.D.1892.

ESTELLE YOUNG.

Witnesses:

ELLA M. CABLE, JAMES YOUNG.

